The African Poison Murders

C.I.D. Officer Vachell, on government business concerning Nazi activities on the African East Coast, runs into a case replete with horrors of blood lust, native poison, neighborly hatreds, malicious gossip, and two dead bodies.

"Using the highly popular genre of detective/mystery fiction, this volume explores the insights available in African centered stories. The sample of writings used ranges from the colonial era to the present and covers the work of both Africans and outside observers from Europe and North America".--BOOKJACKET.

D.V. Whytes weaves a trail of intrigue in "Prism Poison." While on an African cruise, the heroes find themselves amidst a group of fanatics who are intent on overpowering a diamond smuggling operation. Against threats to stop their meddling, the Greystones push forward to solve the mystery surrounding the clues left behind by an ex-military pilot. New adventures are found at every port of call along the East African Coast, and new and old murders emerge every step of the way. The author's presence in Mombasa on the day of the bombing in November of 2002 produces a surreal perspective to the reality of impending threats from terrorism. D.V. Whytes invites you to taste the excitement of travel in the suspense-filled "Prism Poison."

Bruce Murphy's Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery is a comprehensive guide to the genre of the murder mystery that catalogues thousands of items in a broad range of categories: authors, titles, plots, characters, weapons, methods of killing, movie and theatrical adaptations. What distinguishes this encyclopedia from the others in the field is its critical stance.

Explores the institutions of cultural production that exerted influence in late colonialism, from missionary schools and metropolitan publishers to universities and small presses. How these structures provoke and respond to the literary trends and social peculiarities of Africa and the Caribbean impacts not only the writing and reading of novels in those regions, but also has a transformative effect on the novel as a global phenomenon.

This title aims to revolutionize modern British literary studies by showing how our interpretations of the postcolonial must confront World War II and the Holocaust. Lassner's analysis reveals how writers such as Muriel Spark, Olivia Manning, Rumer Godden, Phyllis Bottome, Elspeth Huxley and Zadie Smith insist that World War II is critical to understanding how and why the British Empire had to end. to the end of fascism. Drawing on memoirs, fiction, reportage and film adaptations, the book explores the critical perspectives of women who are passionately engaged with Britian's struggle to yield the last vestiges of imperial power. British women as agents of imperialism by questioning their own participation in British claims of moral righteousness and British politics of cultural exploitation. The authors discussed take centre stage in debates about connections between the racist ideologies of the Third Reich and the British Empire.